Chapter 118: The Silver-Speared Boy
Why didn't Li Mu choose to go to the inn and find a private house to rent? There are three reasons: First, the price of the inn room is much more expensive than that of ordinary private houses. The pen, fun, and pavilion www.biquge.info one day and two days are fine, but if it comes down in January and two months, Li Mu and Shen Li will naturally not be able to afford it. Second, the inn has a large flow of people and a fast flow. Li Mu and Shen Li are still wanted. As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of just in case. If someone is recognized, it will be a problem. Third, when Li Mu was recuperating in a small town, he also liked the feeling of being in a remote corner.
Therefore, Li Mu decided to find a yard. Of course, in a place like Yacheng, where every inch of land is valuable, if the price of the yard is high, it is also possible to find a small house.
Originally, according to Li Mu's idea, it was enough to find a courtyard at the edge of Yacheng. He thought that being on the edge of the city would always be cheaper than renting in the center of the city. But I don't know if I don't ask, and I'm shocked when I ask. Li Mu and Shen Li asked around the storage point and found that there are also short-term rental houses here, but the prices are frighteningly high.
The two asked seven or eight more people before they learned the reason. Originally, if it was divided into internal and external, Yacheng was divided into four parts. There is no doubt that the center of Yacheng is the Great Palace. Under the high ground of the palace, within a radius of ten miles, it is an inner city, most of which are princes and nobles, and the rich and powerful live. Thirty miles away, this circle is the middle city, which is the residence of the people and the place where the merchants operate. As for the outermost part, it is called the Outer City, which is also a place to live, but more importantly, it is also a place for foreign caravans to rest and turn.
These four parts are separated by three inland rivers around the city. The inland rivers come from the Da Nan River, which flows from the northeast, and the Tuo River, which flows through Yacheng in the north. Two great rivers bring abundant flowing water. The river flows through Yacheng and joins the three inland rivers, which not only solves the problem of drinking water for people in the city in peacetime, but also prevents the problem of taking water in the event of a fire in the city. In the event of war, these three wide inland rivers are enough to serve as a barrier to arms.
Yacheng was a city without walls.
It's just because Taizu said when he set the capital, "If the soldiers can't get here, then the city wall is useless." If the army has already come to the city, it is enough to show that the general trend has gone, and what is the use of the city wall no matter how thick it is?" It is with this concept in mind that the king of Da Zhen did not build a city wall.
But after all, it was Taizu, who opened the dynasty and was full of spirit. This is not necessarily the case for future generations. Without a city wall, these three inland rivers are enough to build a defensive line, and they can also serve as horns with the seven counties around Yacheng to support the defense system.
According to common sense, the housing prices in the inner city, the middle city, and the outer city should be from high to low, but in fact, the housing prices in the outer city are slightly higher than those in the middle floor.
Because the outer city is basically caravans, and large tracts of land are used to build warehouses and the like, the price of houses used for living in them is naturally high. And the price of the houses used for rent here is also on the high side, because the caravans are walking outside, and the stewards and the like are short-lived, so they are naturally looking for a cheap place to live. However, there are also caravan owners and the like who want accommodation, and of course they don't crowd with the guys.
Most of the rental houses in the outer city are for them. In this way, for Li Mu and Shen Li, it is naturally on the high side.
The two had no choice but to continue walking into the city. Anyway, it's still early, so let's take a look at the customs of Yacheng.
The two entered the city from the east and walked for about half a day before they arrived at the outermost inland river, the Renyuan River. The Renyuan River is wide, and you can vaguely see boats coming and going on the river. A bustling scene.
To cross the river and get to Midtown, you can take the bridge over the river or take a ferry. Of course, there are public and private ferries. Li Mu and Shen Li chose to cross the Renyuan River by ferry and came to Zhongcheng.
Midtown is naturally much more lively than the outskirts. Li Mu and Shen Li really looked like countrymen entering the city, facing the flow of people and high-rise buildings, everything was novel and unfamiliar.
The two followed the flow of people, and they didn't know where they were. Seeing that the flow of people in front of them was all gathered in one place, the two naturally squeezed over.
What appeared in front of the two of them was a ring. The ring was placed on the side of the street, and it was made of wood, and it was boxy. At this time, the surroundings were full of people. Li Mu took a look and found that there were two people standing in the ring.
The two teenagers stood opposite each other.
The young wearer on the left is dressed in a short shirt and carries an eyebrow stick in his hand. It looks very restrained. The boy on the right, on the other hand, feels completely different. He wore a blue robe, and his hair was tied up with a headband and tied haphazardly behind his head. He is already handsome, coupled with a bit of casual and uninhibited, and he looks like a radiant. The weapon in his hand was a spear.
Li Mu looked at the two of them, and the current situation seemed to be that the two were preparing to compete. "Is this a fight?"
"Yes, can't you see that?" said Shen Li on the side.
"I know, but ...... Why do you want to fight this?" asked Li Mu.
"Whatever, we're just here to see the fun. Shen Li glanced at Li Mu.
"Please use your names. An old man in the audience said loudly.
The young man with the stick clasped his hands into fists and said, "Gao Gu." ”
The young man holding the spear said expressionlessly, "Leng Zizhou." ”
The old man in the audience stood up and announced: "Leng Zizhou, the main player of the Zhengdong Earthquake Stage, is guarding the seventh game, start!"
As soon as the two words fell, Leng Zizhou started directly. Originally, he had a spear in his hand, and the barrel of the gun was on the ground. As he did so, he threw his right foot a little back, kicked the barrel of the gun backwards, and the tip of the gun came out. This hand-up style can be described as extremely chic, which caused a burst of applause from the audience.
Leng Zizhou's shot took Gao Gu on the road, Gao Gu looked serious, and hurriedly raised a stick to greet him. Guns and sticks are long soldiers, but they are used in very different ways. As the saying goes, a gun picks a line, and a stick sweeps a large area.
Leng Zizhou's shot is not a line, but a point.
The tall servant swung his stick and slid the shot. Then he sharpened his progress, and the long stick in his hand came out of the hole like a long snake. He actually used Leng Zizhou's marksmanship to fight back. It seems that this somewhat introverted teenager is by no means as he appears on the outside.
A long stick was stabbed with a spear, but Leng Zizhou did not make waves. He shook his hand and slammed his gun. The strength in his hand was transmitted along the shaft of the resilient gun to the long stick, and when others looked at it, the gun seemed to be stuck to the long stick.
Marksmanship includes: piercing, stabbing, tart, slashing, winding, ringing, blocking, taking, pounce, pointing, dialing and so on.
Leng Zizhou's shot is a trick to entangle. The gun is like a big python, wrapped around a long stick.
Gao Yu knows very well, and Leng Zizhou can successfully defend six times, which is by no means a waste of fame. Before he came to provoke, he also carefully studied Leng Zizhou's marksmanship. He is a trick to deal with long soldiers. After wrapping the opponent's weapon with a gun, it is a convenient stab at the opponent's hand, forcing the opponent to give up his weapon.
Gao Yan's eyes flashed with a hint of pride, he had done enough homework in advance, and naturally had a way to deal with it. He watched the tip of Leng Zizhou's spear come along his long stick, but instead grabbed the long stick.
"Ho!" the tall servant shouted, grabbing the stick in both hands and slamming it upward, then turning and kicking forward. With this pick, he directly picked Leng Zizhou's gun away. And the kick that followed closely was to take advantage of this flaw to give Leng Zizhou a counterattack.
Li Mu watched the two of them fight with long soldiers in the audience, and they also watched attentively. And the fight between the two people on the stage made the audience full of energy. Just when Leng Zizhou put away his gun to resist the kick of this high-ranking servant, Li Mu suddenly discovered something. That is, Shen Li is gone.
Li Mu didn't care about it originally, but after suddenly realizing that there was a big man standing next to him who was taller than himself, he found that Shen Li was gone. Li Mu felt a little strange in his heart, he looked around, but found no trace of Shen Li.
At this moment, he felt a little panicked.
Although he rejected Shen Li's confession, he had been with Shen Li for a long time, and he didn't have any feelings that were fake. The person who was originally by his side suddenly disappeared, and as long as it was a person, he would be flustered.
Li Mu squeezed through the crowd and walked out, and outside the crowd, there was a small group of people gathered together. Li Mu saw Shen Li in that group of people.
When Li Mu took a closer look, he suddenly felt helpless. It turned out that the group was around a temporary table. There is a piece of paper on the table that says the winner of the match, as well as the odds. This is the handicap offered by the casino for this competition. Recalling Shen Li's performance after entering the gambling house in the small city, Li Mu covered his forehead with his hand. ‘’
"All in bet, bet on Leng Zizhou to defend successfully. Shen Li's voice came into Li Mu's ears, and Li Mu hurriedly went to pull her out, but looking at her like that, she had already finished her bet.
Li Mu had a bad premonition in his heart, and he hurriedly asked, "You guy, how much money did you bet?"
Shen Li squinted her eyes and smiled: "I've said it all, it's all on it!" There was a hint of cunning and pride in her voice.
"What?!" Li Mu suddenly became anxious when he heard this. You must know that although they have made good fortune in the small town, they have earned about 700 yuan. But from Shuzhou to Lanzhou, although it was with the Xianheng caravan, the cost of the trip still had to be paid by itself. Along the way, eating and lodging, although saving, it probably cost more than 400 yuan. Now that there are more than 300 wen left, he still expects to pay a month's rent first, and then go to make money to settle down in Yacheng.
Shen Li is all bet, which means that there are not even these three hundred texts.
Compared with Li Mu's worries, Shen Li was an old god, and his eyes were shining. "Don't worry, I've taken a closer look. That Leng Zizhou's true qi is stronger than that of Gao Yu. Coupled with his marksmanship being more agile and swift than Gao Gu, I'm sure Leng Zizhou will win this time. This shop is sure to make money and not lose money, and it will not lose money!"